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Flow properties of dry cementitious and non-cementitious materials    
United States Patent6379456   
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Inventor(s)Heathman; James F. (Katy, TX); Reddy; Baireddy R. (Duncan, OK); Sweatman; Ronald E. (Montgomery, TX); Dealy; Sears T. (Longview, TX)
AbstractMethods of improving the flow properties of at least one dry particulate cementitious or non-cementitious material are provided. The methods are basically comprised of dry-blending a particulate flow enhancing additive comprised of a particulate solid absorbent material having a flow inducing polar molecule producing chemical absorbed thereon with said cementitious or non-cementitious material.



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Inventor     Heathman; James F. (Katy, TX); Reddy; Baireddy R. (Duncan, OK); Sweatman; Ronald E. (Montgomery, TX); Dealy; Sears T. (Longview, TX)
Owner/Assignee     Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Duncan, OK)
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Publication Date     April 30, 2002
Application Number     09/547,277
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Filing Date     April 11, 2000
US Classification     106/724 106/728 106/810 106/823
Int'l Classification     C04B 024/04
Examiner     Marcantoni; Paul
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Attorney/Law Firm     Dougherty, Jr.; C. Clark Roddy; Craig W. ,
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Parent Case     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/229,245 filed Jan. 12, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,245,142.
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USPTO Field of Search     106/724 106/728 106/810 106/823
Patent Tags     flow properties dry cementitious non-cementitious materials
   
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What is claimed is:

1. A method of improving the flow properties of at least one dry particulate non-cementitious material comprising dry-blending a particulate flow enhancing additive with said non-cementitious material, said additive being comprised of a particulate solid adsorbent material having a flow inducing polar molecule producing chemical adsorbed thereon;

wherein said flow inducing chemical is selected from the group consisting of polar molecule producing organic acids, their salts and acid anhydrides;

wherein the weight ratio of said solid adsorbent material to said flow inducing chemical in said flow enhancing additive is in the range of from about 90:10 to about 10:90; and

wherein said flow enhancing additive is blended with said non-cementitious material in an amount in the range of from about 0.01% to about 1.0% by weight of said non-cementitious material.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said solid adsorbent material is selected from the group consisting of precipitated silica, zeolite, talcum, diatomaceous earth and fuller's earth.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said non-cementitious material is selected from the group consisting of barite, bentonite and fumed silica.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said solid absorbent material is precipitated silica powder and said flow inducing chemical is glacial acetic acid.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the weight ratio of said precipitated silica to said glacial acetic acid in said flow enhancing additive is in the range of from about 75:25 to about 25:75.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein said flow enhancing additive is blended with said non-cementitious material in an amount in the range of from about 0.02% to about 0.5% by weight of said non-cementitious material.

7. A method of placing at least one dry particulate non-cementitious material in a storage tank, transporting the storage tank and non-cementitious material to a location of use and then conveying the non-cementitious material out of the storage tank without unintentionally leaving a significant portion of the non-cementitious material in the storage tank comprising:

(a) dry-blending a particulate flow enhancing additive with said non-cementitious material prior to placing said non-cementitious material in said storage tank; and

(b) placing the resultant blend of additive and non-cementitious material in said storage tank; said additive being comprised of a particulate solid adsorbent material having a flow inducing polar molecule producing chemical selected from the group of polar molecule producing organic acids, their salts and acid anhydrides adsorbed thereon wherein the weight ratio of said solid adsorbent material to said flow inducing chemical in said flow enhancing additive is in the range of from about 90:10 to about 10:90; and wherein said flow enhancing additive is blended with said non-cementitious material in an amount in the range of from about 0.01% to about 1.0% by weight of said non-cementitious material.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said non-cementitious material is pneumatically conveyed out of said storage tank.

9. The method of claim 7 which further comprises the steps of closing said storage tank to the atmosphere after dry-blending said additive with said non-cementitious material and placing said blend of additive and non-cementitious material in said storage tank, and then aging said blend in said closed storage tank for a time period in the range of from about one half a day to about four days before opening said storage tank and conveying said blend out of said storage tank.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein said solid adsorbent material is selected from the group consisting of precipitated silica, zeolite, talcum, diatomaceous earth and fuller's earth.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein said solid adsorbent material is precipitated silica powder and said flow inducing chemical is glacial acetic acid.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein said non-cementitious material is selected from the group consisting of barite, bentonite and silica.

13. A method of placing at least one dry particulate cementitious or non-cementitious material in a storage tank, transporting the storage tank and non-cementitious material to a location of use and then conveying the non-cementitious material out of the storage tank without unintentionally leaving a portion of the cementitious or non-cementitious material in the storage tank comprising the steps of:

(a) dry-blending a particulate flow enhancing additive with said cementitious or non-cementitious material prior to placing said non-cementitious material in said storage tank;

(b) placing the resulting blend of additive and cementitious or non-cementitious material in said storage tank said additive being comprised of a particulate solid adsorbent material have a flow inducing polar molecule producing chemical selected from the group of polar molecule producing organic acids, their salts and acid anhydrides adsorbed thereon wherein the weight ratio of said solid adsorbent material to said flow inducing chemical in said flow enhancing additive is in the range of from about 90:10 to about 10:90; and wherein said flow enhancing additive is blended with said non-cementitious material in an amount in the range of from about 0.01% to about 1.0% by weight of said non-cementitious material;

(c) closing said storage tank to the atmosphere;

(d) aging said blend of additive and cementitious or non-cementitious material in said closed storage tank for a time period in the range of from about one half a day to about four days;

(e) opening said stora